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SEND Teaching Assistants

St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS18 5BL

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Start date details
20th February 2023 or sooner if available.
Closing date
12 January 2023 at 9am
Date listed
7 December 2022

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: View all Part timejobs
35 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: B3 (NJC scale point 7-11)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Be calm under pressure, adaptable and enthusiastic
Be compassionate and have a positive attitude
Have good listening skills and to be sensitive to pupils’ individuals needs
Have a strong knowledge of SEN and particularly Autism
Have experience of a range of learning support needs
Have good interpersonal skills and the ability to work with parents and carers to achieve the best outcomes for their children
Is committed to CPD for themselves and others
Thrive on working as part of a committed team
Have a sense of humour
Be an enthusiastic and imaginative individual, who will create a stimulating and vibrant learning environment.

What the school offers its staff

The new Resource Provision provides an excellent learning environment for an additional 12 children at our school who have complex communication difficulties including Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) and who have an EHCP (Education Health Care Plan).

Our aim is to create a happy and inspiring environment with highly skilled and trained staff that help to support children to thrive and achieve their true potential in an environment that is best suited to their needs, whilst additionally having access to mainstream education.

St Margaret’s CofE Primary School have been fully involved in the design of the building which is an integral part of our already fantastic school site, and the existing staff in the school have contributed from their wealth of expertise gained supporting children in our inclusive mainstream school setting.

As a school we pride ourselves on our passion for nurturing the whole child. Our school has a caring ethos, is very pupil-focused and inclusive. Our learning environment and curriculum meets the needs of our learners and ‘everyone feels safe, cares for each other and is very friendly’ (Healthy Schools Award March 2020)

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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